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Patented Aug. 22, 1939 PATENT OFFlCE LASTING MACHINE Fred Ricks and John William Pratt, Leicester, England, assignors to United Shoe Machinery Corporation, Paterson, N. J., a corporation of New Jersey Application October 12, 1938, Serial No. 234,642 In Great Britain November 9, 1937 15 Claims.

This invention relates to lasting machines, and more particularly to machines of the type having wipers for wiping an upper about an end of a last into lasted position. The invention is herein illustrated as applied to a toe-lasting machine of-the character disclosed in United States Letters Patent No. 2,097,567, granted on November 2, 1937 upon an application of F. B. Keall,

but it is to be understoodthat the invention is not thus limited in its applicability.

An object of the invention is to provide in a machine of the above-mentioned type means for use in controlling the margin of the upper in such manner as to obtain improved results in the lasting operation, or in such manner that as good results as heretofore may be obtained without the expenditure of as much time or the exercise of as much care on the part of the operator. It

. is particularly desirable, in the operation of endlasting wipers, to guard against any such deflection of the margin of the upper lengthwise of the last along the sides of the last as to form unduly prominent wrinkles in the upper near the ends of the wipers. The present invention, in its illustrative embodiment, provides novel means for this purpose, comprising members arrangedto engage the outer face of the margin of the upper at the sides of the toe and by such engagement to cooperate with a hand tool to clamp the margin and control it as the Wipers wipe the upper inwardly over an insole. These members are so mounted that they do not partake of the wiping movements of the wipers lengthwise and widthwise of'the last, and accordingly they are particularly effective, in cooplast imparted to the wipers prior to the wiping of the margin of the upper over the insole, so that they may be used at that time to assist in pulling the upper tightly about the last. Preferably, as illustrated, the members are arranged to occupy initially retracted positions such as not to interfere with the presentation the work to the machine, and conveniently the construction shown is such that they are moved inwardly into positions for engagement with the upper by the operation of a treadle with which the machine is provided for imparting to the Wipers 5 their movement heightwise of the last.

The above and other features of the invention, including various novel details of construction and combinations of parts, will now be more particularly described with reference to the accompanying drawings and thereafter pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings,

Fig. 1 is a view in front elevation, with parts broken away, of a portion of the machine shown 5 in the above-mentioned Letters Patent with the present invention embodied therein;

Fig. 2 is a plan View on an enlarged scale showing the upper-controlling members provided by the invention and parts associated therewith, a portion of a spreader used by the operator being also shown diagrammatically;

Fig. 3 is a view partly in right-hand side elevation and partly in sectionshowing a portion of the structure which appears at the right-hand side of Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a view in right-hand side elevation of a portion of the structure which appears in Fig. 1 and at the left-hand side of Fig. 2;

Fig. 5 is mainly a plan view of certain parts shown in Fig. 1;

Figs. 6, '7 and 8 are sectional views illustrating different steps in the lasting of the toe of a shoe by the aid of the means provided by this invention; and '35 Fig. 9 is a perspective view of the spreader shown diagrammatically in Fig. 2.

As more fully disclosed in the above-mentioned Letters Patent, the toe-lasting machine in which the invention is herein shownfas embodied is 4'0 specially constructed to operate on welt shoes, but it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its applicability to machines for operating on that particular kind of work. For positioning and holding the shoe and last the machine is provided with a plate 2 which fits the inner face of the lip of the insole around the toe and is fixed against heightwise movement, a toe rest 4 which is raised to clamp the toe end of the shoe against the plate 2, and a heel rest (not shown) for engaging the heel end of the shoe to hold the shoe against lengthwise heelward movement. For lasting the toe end of the shoe there are provided toe-embracing wipers 6 which are advanced lengthwise of the shoe and are closed inwardly laterally of the shoe by the operation of a hand lever B. The wipers B are fastened to wiper carriers H! (Fig. 2) which are mounted on a wiper support 12 movable upwardly and downwardly by the operator through use of a double-acting treadle M. The wiper support has a depending portion l6 vertically movable in the frame of the machine and connected by a link l8 to one arm of a lever 2Q pivotally mounted between its ends at the base i of the machine, the other arm of this lever being connected to the treadle l so that by depression of the left-hand end of the treadle the lever is operated to raise the wiper support [2 and the wipers. It will be understood that the operator thus raises the wipers to wipe the upper about the toe end of the last heightwise of the last after they have been closed about the toe below the edge of the shoe bottom by use of the hand lever 8, and that after the. upwiping operation the operator, by further use of the hand lever, advances and closes the wipers to wipe the marginal portion of the upper inwardly over the feather and against the lip of the; insole. As also disclosed in the above-mentioned Letters Patent, the machine is further provided with fluid-pressure means which operates through a lever 22 to assist in forcing the wipers inwardly over the insole.

For purposes of the present invention a cover plate 24 mounted on the wiper support l2 over the wipers is provided with upstanding portions 26 (Fig. 2) in which are formed slideways 28 extending in directions paralell to the plane of the Wipers and substantially perpendicular to the portions of the edges of the wipers which are op posite the slideways when the wipers have been closed somewhat from their initial open positions. Mounted in each of these slideways is a bar 30 which is substantially T-shaped in cross section and has a bifurcated inner end portion between the forks of which is mounted an arm 32 freely movable in a vertical plane about a stud 34 (Fig. 3) in the bar. Mounted in a boss at the inner end of each arm 32 is a stud 36 which extends through lugs 38 and 40 formed on an uppercontrolling member 42. This member is accordingly mounted to swing relatively to the arm 32 about an axis extending heightwise of the shoe to permit it to adjust itself better to the work. Each member 42 has an upper-engagingface which may be, for example, about an inch in extent lengthwise and heightwise of the shoe and is sub-, stantially perpendicular to the plane of the wipers when the member is in operative position, as

shown in Figs. 7 and 8, but is somewhat inclined to this plane when the member is in inoperative position, as shown in Fig. 3, due to the fact that the member at this time is in engagement with the upper fact of the wiper carrier Ill beneath it. It will be understood that inward movement of each bar 30 carries the member 32 connected thereto from an initial retracted position well away from the shoe when the latteris presented to the machine to a position beyond the wiper carrier [0 and thus permits it to swing downwardly with the arm 32 to the position in which it is shown in Figs. '7 and 8, movement of the arm 32 in this direction being limited by engagement of a pin 44 carried by the arm with the upper face of the bar 30. The lower end of the member 42 is at this tim located slightly above the upper face of the corresponding wiper. The two members 42 are further so located that at the time in the operation of the machine when they are in engagement with the upper each member is substantially midway between the opposite ends of the wiping edge of the wiper beneath it.

The bars 30 are moved inwardly and outwardly by mechanism operated by the treadle M which, as previously described, is used by the operator to impart upward and downward movements to the wipers, so that the operator is not required to make use of any additional member in order to move the members 42 into and out of their operative positions. For this purpose each of the bars 3!] is provided with two vertical bores 46 in one or the other of which may be mounted a stem extending downwardly from a small block 48. The block 48 connected to the bar 30 at the rear of the machine is embraced by the bifurcated end of a lever 50 pivotally mounted between its ends on a stud 52 extending upwardly from the cover plate 24, this lever having an arm extending to the left of the stud and connected to the rear end of a link 54 which extends forwardly and is pivotally connected at its front end to the left-hand end of an equalizing or balancing lever 56. The right-hand end of the lever 56 is pivotally connected to the front end of a link 58, the rear end of which is pivotally connected to a lever 60 mounted at one end to swing about a stud 62 on the cover plate 24, this lever having its other end bifurcated and embracing that block 48 which is connected to the bar 30. at the front of the machine. The pivotal connection between the link 58 and the lever 60 is located between the bifurcate d end of the lever and the stud 62. Midway between its opposite ends the equalizing lever 56 is pivoted on a stud 64 extending upwardly from an operating lever 66 hereinafter described. The arrangement is accordingly such that when the stud 64 is moved rearwardly by the lever 66 to impart bodily movement to the equalizing lever the two levers 50 and 50 are swung in directions to impart inward movements toward each other to the bars 30, and if such inward movement of either of the bars is stopped by the engagement of its member 42 with the work before the other member 42 engages the work, the bar carrying this other member will continue its movement until both members 42 engage the work with substantially equal pressures.

Extending forwardly from the front edge of the cover plate 24 is a lug 68 (Fig. 4) having a bore in which is mounted a shaft 7!], the shaft extending both above and below the lug and being fastened to the lug by suitable means. The above-mentioned lever 66 is substantially U- shaped, as illustrated in Fig. 1, its two limbs being pivotally mounted on the shaft 10 immediately above and below the lug 68, respectively, and the equalizing lever 56 is supported upon an extension of the upper limb of the lever 66. Also pivotally mounted on the shaft 10, immediately above and below the two limbs of the lever 65, are the limbs of another U-shaped lever 12 for operating the lever 66. The lower limb of the lever 12 has two fingers 14 (Fig. 2) projecting to the left therefrom and between which extends a lug 16 extending downwardly from the lower limb of the lever 66. The space between the fingers I4 is somewhat greater than the width of the lug 1B, and set screws 18 threaded in the fingers are arranged to permit, for a purpose hereinafter described, an adjustably variable amount of relative movement of the levers 66 and 12, the adjustment being ordinarily such that the relative movement permitted is very small.

Bolted to the lower face of the front portion of the cover plate 24 is a bracket 80 (Figs. 1 and 4) which extends downwardly and has'fast in its lower end a stud 82 on which is pivotally mounted a bell-crank lever 84 having an upwardly extending arm and a laterally extending arm. Freely movable in a bore in the upper end of the upwardly extending arm of the bell-crank lever is a pin 86 which extends forwardly from a block 80, this block being also provided with an upwardly extending pin 90 freely movable in a bore in the rear end of the lower limb of the lever I2. Accordingly, swinging movement about the shaft I is imparted to the lever I2 by movement of the bell-crank lever 84. Adjustably mounted in a slot 92 in the laterally extending arm of the bell-crank lever is a stud 94 provided with a collar 96 engaging the front face of the arm and cooperating with which is a nut 93 whereby the stud is clamped tothe arm in adjusted position. Pivotally mounted on the stud 04 is a block I00 which carries a stud I02 at right angles to the stud 94, and pivotally mounted on the stud I62 is the upper end of a downwardly extending rod I04 connected to the treadle I4, the arrangement being such that by the movement of the treadle whereby the wipers are raised as hereinbefore described the rod I04 is moved upwardly and swings the bell-crank lever 84 in the direction to move the members 42 inwardly to their operative positions. For connecting the treadle to the rod I04 there is fastened to the right-hand end portion of the treadle a plate I06 on which is secured a block I08, and pivotally mounted in a bore in this block is a stud IIO (Fig. provided at its rear end with a bifurcated head I I2. The two forks of the head I I2 are provided with coaxial bores in each of which is freely mounted a cylindrical plug II4. In their inner ends these plugs are provided with curved recesses to receive and partially embrace opposite sides of the rod I04, and the plugs are pressed yieldingly inward to hold them in frictional engagement with the rod I04 by means of a U-shaped spring clamp II6, this clamp being provided-at one end with a stud IIB having a conical end seated in a recess in one of the plugs I I4 and at the other end with a screw I having a conical end seated in a recess in the other plug. One of the plugs: H4 carries a pin I22 which extends into a slot in one end of the clamp II6 to limit turning movement of the clamp about the axis of the stud III! and of the screw I20. It will be understood that by adjustment of this screw the amount of force with which the plugs I I4 frictionally engage the rod I04 may be varied, the adjustment being such that after the members 42 have been moved inwardly into engagement with the work early in the movement of the treadle I4 the plugs II4 will readily slip on the rod I04 and thus permit the treadle to be further moved to raise the wipers without imparting further movement to the members 42.

After the members 42 have been moved in wardly to engage the work as above described they are held positively against return movement in response to pressure of the upper thereon so as to render themmore efiective in their action on the work. For this purpose there is pivotally mounted on a stud I24 (Fig. 2) extending upwardly from the cover plate 24 a three-armed lever I26 and also a pawl I28 above the lever arranged to cooperate with ratchet teeth I30 formed on an arcuate end face of a lug I32 extending rearwardly from the upper limb of the U-shaped lever 66. It will be evident that engagement of the pawl with the ratchet teeth prevents the lever 66 from moving in the direction in which it moves when the members 42 are being retracted from their operative positions. Accordingly these members are held against movement away from each other, although they may move both in one direction or the other while remaining at the same distance apart by reason of the provision for swinging movement of the equalizing lever 56 about the stud 64. Initially, however, the pawl I28 is held out of engagement with the ratchet teeth I30, as illustrated in Fig. 2, and its movement into engagement with the teeth results from the initial movement of the lever I2 before this lever has moved far enough to operate the lever 66. For controlling the pawl by the movement of the lever I2 the rear end of the upper limb of this lever has rotatably mounted therein the downwardly extending stern of a stud I34 through a bore in which extends a rod I36 pivotally connected at one end to one of the arms of the three-armed lever I26. A screw I38 threaded in the stud I34 serves to press a friction pad (not shown) against the rod I 36 so that the rod will be moved lengthwise by the swinging of the lever I2. Mounted on another arm of the three-armed lever is an upwardly extending pin I40 against which the pawl I28 is normally held by a spring I42 connected to the pawl and to a pin I44 mounted on a third arm of the lever. Accordingly when the lever I2 is swung in the direction to move the members 42 inwardly it acts frictionally on the rod I36 to swing the three-armed lever,

I26 in the direction to move the pawl I28 into engagement with the ratchet teeth, such movement of the three-armed lever being limited by its engagement with a stop pin I46 on the cover plate 24. Thereafter, as the lever I2 continues its movement, the friction means carried thereby slips along the rod I36. It will be understood that the pawl I20 will remain in engagement with the ratchet teeth I30 until the operator imparts reverse movement to the treadle I4 or permits such movement to occur. At the beginning of such reverse movement of the treadle the lever I2 moves through the small angle necessary to take up the play between it and the lever 66, and during this movement it acts frictionally on the rod I36 to swing the three-armed lever I26 clockwise (Fig. 2) and thus to move the pawl I28 out of engagement with the ratchet teeth. Movement of the three-armed lever in this direction is limited by its contact with an adjustable stop screw I48 threaded in an upstanding lug on the cover plate 24.

In the use of the machine equipped as above described, the operator, aft-er presenting a shoe in the position determined by the plate 2 and moving the toe and heel rests to their operative positions in the manner disclosed in the previously mentioned Letters Patent, swings the hand lever 8 to advance and close the wipers about the toe end of the shoe below the edge of the shoe bottom. By means of a spreader which he customarily holds in his right hand he then of which engage the margin of the upper at the sides of the toe diverge somewhat in a heelward direction. The relation of these portions of the spreader to the margin of the upper in the initial position of the spreader is illustrated in Fig. 6. While thus controlling the spreader with his right hand and holding the wipers closed about the toe with his left hand, the operator then depresses the left-hand end of the treadle M to impart unwiping movement to the wipers. As hereinbefore described in detail, the treadle, as it begins to move the wipers upwardly, also serves first to move the pawl I28 into engagement with the ratchet teeth I30 and then to move the members 42 inwardly into positions to engage the upstanding margin of the upper at the sides of the toe, preferably in locations slightly nearer the end of the toe than the tip line. As the extreme end of the spreader, in clamping engagement with the outturned margin of the upper at the end of the toe, is raised by the wipers, the operator tips the spreader so as to lower, relatively to the Wipers, the portions thereof at the sides of the toe and thus bring these portions into positions for the margin of the upper to be clamped against them by the members #82 at the end of the inward movements of these members. Accordingly, during the further upward movement of the wipers the margin of the upper is clamped between the spreader and the members 42, these members being locked against outward movement and engaging the upper frictionally as they move upwardly with the wipers and the spreader. In this manner a pull heightwise of the last is applied to the upper at the sides of the toe in the course of the upwiping operation of the wipers. The force with which the upper is clamped or gripped between the spreader and the members 42 may be increased by forcing the spreader in a toeward direction to cause its diverging side portions to press more firmly on the upper. The positions of the parts substantially at the end of the upwiping operation are as illustrated in Fig. 7.

The operator next advances and closes the wipers by the hand lever B to wipe the margin of the upper inwardly over the feather and against the lip of the insole, at the same time holding the treadle M in position to prevent unlocking of the members 42 and continuing to control the margin of the upper with the spreader. Accordingly, the spreader and the members 42 cooperate in the overwiping operation in preventing any undue deflection of the margin of the upper at the sides of the toe lengthwise of the last by the action of the wipers thereon, while also increasing the effectiveness of the wipers in forcing the upper tightly inward at the sides of the toe. It will be understood that in the course of the o-verwiping operation the margin of the upper is pulled more or less out from between the spreader and the members 42 by the force of the wipers against it. The positions of the parts at the end of the overwiping operation are substantially as illustrated in Fig. 8.

The operator thereafter removes the spreader and applies a binder wire to the toe in the customary manner to hold the upper in lasted position. He then retracts the wipers by means of the hand lever 8 and by control of the treadle l4 permits them to descend to their starting position. It will be understood that as the rod I94 begins to move downwardly in response to the return movement of the treadle the pawl I28 is disengaged from the teeth [36 to unlock the members 42, after which these members are returned to their starting positons by further downward movement of the rod, the frictional connection between the rod and the treadle permitting the latter thereafter to complete its return movement to starting position.

Reference has been made to the fact that each block 48 (Fig. 2) may be mounted on its supporting bar 30 in the position determined by either of the two bores 46 in the bar. The purpose of this construction is to adapt the machine better for operation on shoes which diiTer substantially in width. The blocks are shown in the drawings with their depending stems mounted in the bores 46 which are relatively near the inner ends of the bars 30 to adapt the machine for operation on mens shoes. If womens shoes are to be operated upon the blocks will be positioned with their stems in the bores which are farther from the inner ends of the bars, so that the members 42 will be positioned initially nearer together than for mens work. This insures that in operating on the narrower shoes the members 42 will arrive in positions to clamp the upper against the spreader soon enough for satisfactory results in the upwiping operation.

If it is desired, for test purposes or otherwise, to operate the machine without making use of the members 42, the inward movements of these members from their initial positions may be prevented by a stop member I54 mounted on a pin l56 on the cover plate 24 for swinging movement from the full line position (Fig. 2) to the dotted line position Where by engagement with one side of the stud I34 it will prevent the swinging of the lever 72 in the direction to move the members 42 inwardly.

Having described the invention, what we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

1. In a lasting machine, the combination with wipers movable to wipe the margin of an upper around an end of a last inwardly over an insole on the last, of upper-controlling means mounted adjacent to the wipers and relatively to which the wipers are thus movable, said upper-controlling means being arranged to engage the outer face of the margin of the upper and by such engagement to cooperate with a hand tool held by the operator to clamp and control said margin as the wipers act thereon.

2. In a lasting machine, the combination with wipers movable to wipe the margin of an upper around an end of a last inwardly over an insole on the last, of upper controlling members mounted adjacent to the wipers and relatively to which the wipers are thus movable, said upper-controlling members being arranged to engage the outer face of the margin of the upper at the opposite sides of the end of the last and by such engagement to cooperate with a hand tool held by the operator to clamp and control said margin as the wipers act thereon.

3. In a lasting machine, the combination with Wipers movable lengthwise and. widthwise of a last to wipe the margin of an upper around an end of the last inwardly over an insole on the last, of upper-controlling members arranged to engage the outer face of the margin of the upper at the opposite sides of the end of the last and by such engagement to cooperate with a hand tool held by the operator to clamp said margin and prevent its deflection lengthwise of the last by the wipers, and means for holding said members against movement lengthwise of thelast' with the wipers while the wipers thus act on" the upper.

4. Ina lasting machine, the combination'with Wipers movable to wipe the margin of an upper around an end of a last inwardly over an insole on the last, and a cover plateover the wipers, of upper-controlling meansmounted on said cover plate and relatively to which 'the wipers are thus movable, said upper-controlling means being arranged to engage the outer face of the margin of the upper and by such engagement to cooperate with a hand tool held by the operator to clamp and control said margin as the wipers act thereon.

5. In a lasting machine, the combination with wipers movable to wipe the margin of an upper around an end of a last inwardly over an insole on the last, of upperecontrolling members arranged to engage the outer face of the margin of the upper at the opposite sides of the end of the last and by such engagement to cooperate with a hand tool held by the operator to clamp and control said margin as the wipers act thereon, and means for moving said members widthwise of the last relatively to the wipers from retracted positions into positions to cooperate with said hand tool.

6. In a lasting machine, the combination with wipers movable to wipe the margin of an upper around an end of a last inwardly over an insole the last and by such engagement to cooperate with a'hand too-1 held by the operator to clamp and control said margin as the wipers act thereon, an equalizing lever connected to said members for moving them widthwise of the last relatively to the wipers into positions to cooperate with said hand tool by bodily movement of said lever in one direction, and mechanism for imparting such bodily movement to the equalizing lever.

7. In a lasting machine, the combination with Wipers movable to wipe the margin of an upper around an end of a last inwardly over an insole on the last, of upper-controlling members arranged to engage the outer face of the margin of the upper at the opposite sides of the end of the last and by such engagement to cooperate with a hand tool held by the operator to clamp and control said margin as the wipers act thereon, means for moving said members widthwise of the last relatively to the wipers from retracted positions into positions to cooperate with said hand tool, and mechanism for locking said members against reverse movement in response to pressure of the upper thereon.

8. In a lasting machine, the combination with wipers movable to wipe the margin of an upper around an end of a last inwardly over an insole on the last, of upper-controlling members arranged to engage the outer face of the margin of the upper at the opposite sides of the end of the last and by such engagement to cooperate with a hand tool held by the operator to clamp and control said margin as the wipers act thereon, an operating member for moving said upper-controlling members widthwise of the last relatively to the wipers from retracted positions into positions to cooperate with said hand tool, and mechanism arranged to be rendered operative by the movement of said operating member to lock said upper-controlling members against reverse movement in response to pressure of the upper thereon.

9. In a lasting machine, the combination with wipers for wiping an upper around the toe end of a last. heightwise of the last and inwardly over an insole on ,t he last,- of upper-controlling means which the wipers are movable to wipe the upper inwardly over the insole, said upper-controlling means being arranged to engage the outer face of the margin of the toe portion of the upper and by such engagement to cooperate with a hand tool held by the operator to clamp said margin and apply a pull to the upper as it is wiped heightwise of the last 'by the wipers and to control it as it is wiped inwardlyover the insole.

10. In alasting machine, the combination with wipers movable to wipe anupper around the toe end of a last heightwise of the last and inwardly over an insole on the last, of upper-controlling members mounted for movement heightwise of the last with the wipers but relatively to which the wipers are movableto wipe the upper over the insole, said upper-controlling members being arranged to engage the outer face of the margin of the upper at the sides of the toe and by such engagement to cooperate with a hand tool held by the operator to clamp said margin and apply a pull to the upper as it is wiped heightwise of the last by the wipers and to control it as it is wiped inwardly over the insole.

11. In a lasting machine, the combination with wipers movable to wipe an upper around the toe end of a last heightwise of the last and inwardly over an insole on the last, of upper-controlling members mounted for movement heightwise of the last with the wipers, said upper-controlling members being arranged to engage the outer face of the margin of the upper at the sides of the toe and by such engagement to cooperate with a hand tool held by the operator to clamp said margin and apply a pull to the upper as it is wiped heightwise of the last by the wipers, and means for moving said members relatively to the Wipers from restracted positions into positions to cooperate with said hand tool.

12. In a lasting machine, the combination with wipers movable to wipe an upper around the toe end of a last heightwise of the last and inwardly over an insole on the last, of upper-controlling members mounted for movement heightwise of the last with the wipers, said upper-controlling members being arranged to engage the outer face of the margin of the upper at the sides of the toe and by such engagement to cooperate with a hand tool held by the operator to clamp said margin and apply a pull to the upper as it is wiped heightwise of the last by the wipers, an operating member for imparting to the wipers their movement heightwise of the last, and means controlled by said operating member for moving said uppercontrolling members relatively to the wipers widthwise of the last from retracted positions into positions to cooperate with said hand tool.

13. In a lasting machine, the combination with wipers for wiping an upper around the toe end of a last heightwise of the last and inwardly over an insole on the last, of a wiper support movable heightwise of the last with the wipers, a treadle for thus moving said wiper support, upper-controlling members carried by said wiper support, said members being arranged to engage the outer face of the margin of the upper at the sides of the toe and by such engagement to cooperate with a hand tool held by the operator to clamp said margin and apply a pull to the upper as it is wiped heightwise of the last by the wipers, and means operated by said treadle for moving said members relatively to the wipers widthwise of the last from retracted positions into positions to cooperate with said hand tool.

14. In a lasting machine, the combination with wipers movable to wipe an upper around the toe end of a last heightwise of the last and inwardly over an insole on the last, of a treadle for moving the wipers heightwise: of the last, upper-controlling members arranged to engage the outer face of the margin of the upper at the sides of the toe and by such engagement to cooperate with a hand tool held by the operator to clamp said margin and control it in the lasting operation, and mechanism operated by said treadle for moving said members widthwise of the last from retracted positions into positions to cooperate with said hand tool.

15. In a lasting machine, the combination with wipers movable to wipe an upper around the toe end of a last heightwise of the last and inwardly over an insole on the last, of a treadle for moving the wipers heightwise of the last, upper-controlling members arranged to engage the outer face of the margin of the upper at the sides of the toe and by such engagement to cooperate with a hand tool held by the operator to clamp said margin and control it in the lasting operation, and mechanism operated by said treadle for moving said members widthwise of the last from retracted positions into operative positions early in the wiper-operating movement of the treadle, said mechanism comprising parts relatively movable idly thereafter during further movement of the treadle.

FRED RICKS.

JOHN WILLIAM PRAT'I. 

